“This Will Take Her Home”: Talking With Colm Tóibín About His “Brooklyn” Sequel
The Irish writer Colm Tóibín discusses latest novel, “Long Island.”
Hari Kondabolu Talks Parenting, Politics, and Introducing More Personal Material Into His Work
“What do you do when you have a kid and all of a sudden the pressure is on to make more money? It’s a lot of questioning: Is being a popular NPR comedian enough to pay the bills?”
Talking with Eliza McLamb About Farming, TikTok Fame, and Playing a Hometown Show
There is perhaps no better way to sum up Eliza McLamb than by peeking back at her life during the summer of 2020, when she was working as a farmhand in Kansas while simultaneously going viral on TikTok for a song she wrote called “Porn Star Tits.”
Director Rebecca Holderness on Her Burning Coal Theatre Company Production of “Silent Sky”
Auteur director Rebecca Holderness is no stranger to Burning Coal Theatre audiences.
With ‘”George & Tammy,” Chatham County Line goes to Hollywood
“I’m a guitar player and barely know how to play piano, but I was playing the role of one of the world’s greatest country piano players, who was also blind, so I had a challenge.”
Lucy Dacus on Selling Out the Ritz, Crying on Stage, and Why She Feels a Connection to Raleigh
“I’ve been to tons of gigs where I’m like, I hope they play this song, and then they don’t, and then you walk away a little bit disappointed. So yeah, if people have any recommendations, tweet about it.”
Amanda Shires on Reproductive Rights, Poetry, and Changing Nashville Norms
“I’m just a really bad liar, and as much as this world can be confusing and hard to give language to, I know that in whatever way I can help, I’m gonna do my best.”
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Lucinda Williams on Pushing Buttons, Covering Songs, and Reading Emily Dickinson
“There’s one song I learned from a blues artist, “You Can’t Rule Me”—it goes “You can’t take my money and try to rule me too”—it’s a really cool song. I started dedicating it to the United States Supreme Court.”
David Menconi, the Dean of North Carolina Rock Critics, Pens a Loving Landmark History of Our State’s Popular Music
With chapters focusing on figures as larger-than-life as North Carolina will allow, “Step It Up & Go” is brisk and fun but will also be cited as a reference for years to come.
How Clifton Gordon (aka Felipe Luciano) Came Out of Prison With a Mission to Elevate Gangster Rap
The Shelby-born rapper, a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill’s Correctional Education Program, wants to tell the whole story of gang life—and the way out.
Twenty Years of Far-Out Music With Cory Rayborn’s Three Lobed Recordings
Parties and festivals may be on hold, but there’s plenty to look forward to—and look back on—with Three Lobed’s new subscription series.
Jamla R&B Artist Heather Victoria Unites HBCUs Against Police Brutality
The North Carolina Central graduate and three other alumni of Historically Black Colleges and Universities in N.C. will hold their first rally in Durham on July 25.
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